One way to do this is by not paying as much attention to new players’ stats as to their potential compatibility with a team, Roberts says. He says this philosophy played out in the Dallas Cowboys’ drafting of Dak Prescott.

“This is a guy who was taken the fourth round 131st pick, and then was one of the best quarterbacks in the league last year,” Roberts says. “Listen to what the Jones family says. ‘During the interviews all of our contact with him, we really felt like this was a guy who had leadership qualities that could be a two decade sort of quarterback.’”

Roberts says the Jones family’s (owners of the Cowboys) focus on finding a a player who could offer a lot to their specific team is something that more teams should copy in the future.

“Watch for those guys in the middle and the bottom of the draft,” Roberts says. “Some of those guys will end up being big contributors for their teams.”